anonymize

verb

anon·​y·​mize ə-ˈnä-nə-ˌmīz 

variants also British anonymise

anonymized; anonymizing

transitive verb

: to remove identifying information from (something, such as computer data) so that the original source cannot be known : to make (something) anonymous

There's an incredible amount of data in your travel profile. So they improved security and created a sophisticated way to anonymize data.

—Dana Hawkins

anonymization noun

also British anonymisation

ə-ˌnä-nə-mə-ˈzā-shən 

anonymizer noun

also British anonymiser

Examples of anonymize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Anonymize Sensitive Fields Thoughtful preprocessing—like anonymizing sensitive fields while preserving utility—boosts AI fairness and safety. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Fed officials’ own (anonymized) forecasts show a near-complete breakdown of the consensus that Chair Jerome Powell has worked hard to hold together against escalating White House pressure and economic diagnoses that demand competing cures. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025

Organizations will be able to license these capabilities from Epic. 10:50 AM EDT Faulkner reveals the scope of Epic's database Cosmos, Epic's massive database, now contains data from 300 million anonymized, unique patients, gleaned from 16 billion encounters, Faulkner said. —Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025

The institute’s research, based on aggregated and anonymized deposit and transaction data, reveals that after-tax wages for the lowest-income tercile grew just 1.3% year over year (YOY) in July, down from 1.6% in June. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

anonym(ous) + -ize

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anonymize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize